Jewelry clasp



June 29 1926. 1,590,781 4 C. H. ,TATLE AL JEWELRY CLASP Filed Feb. 26,1925 ing of the same so that the undetected removal of the necklace isrendered difficult. It will also be apparent that if the tit shouldbecome disengaged from its pocket, the weight of the necklace will stilltend to swing the interlocking clasp sections toward locked position andprevent rotation to" a point where the stud could becomeaccidentally'disengaged from the slot.

Obviously the clasp sections might be in the nature of a pair ofelongated bars of such length that the unlocking operation would involvestill further tightening or,

in the other, said boss having a slot therein,

and a stud in the opening adapted to enter the slot when the members aredisposed at right angles to each other andto extend beyond the edges ofthe slot when the members are rotated into mating relationship,

said members having chambers the-rein with openings for the entrance ofa flexible device whereby the ends of the said flexible device may beconcealed and secured inside of said members. a

2. A jewelry clasp including a pair of members having flat matingsurfaces, a boss on one member adapted to enter an opening in the other,said boss having a slot therein, and a stud in the opening adapted toenter the slot when the members are disposed at right angles to eachother and to extend beyond the edges of the slot when the members arerotated into mating relationship, said members having anchoring devicestherein for string ends and concealed. from view when the members are inlocked position. l

8. A jewelry clasp including a pair of members each having a flat facewith a recess therein adapted to receive and retain a string end, andmeans for locking said memand said recesses concealed.

bers together with the flat faces in register 4. A jewelry claspincluding a pair of members each having a side face with a recesstherein adapted to receive a string end, an opening through the end wallof each of the members to said recess through which 00 the string mayextend, and meansfor looking said members together with the side facesin registry, each member serving to conceal the recess in the othermember.

5. A jewelry clasp including a pair of members each having a side facewith a re cess therein adaptedto receive a string end, an openingthrough the end wall of each of the members to said recess through whichthe string may extend, a stud projecting from said side face of one ofsaid members, and the other of said members having an opening adapted toreceive'said stud, said stud and opening being adapted to lock saidmemberstogether with said faces in contact, upon a relative rotation ofsaid members to bring said string receiving openings to opposite ends ofthe clasp.

6. A jewelry clasp including a pair of members having flat matingsurfaces, means at one end of the mating surface of one member forattaching one end of a string, means at one end of the'niating surfaceof the other member for attaching the other end of said string, a bossprojecting from the mating surface of one member and adapted to enter anopening in the mating surface of the other member, said boss having aslot therein, a stud in said opening adapted to enter said slot whensaid mem- 9c bers are disposed with said ends projecting at right anglesto each other, and to extend beyond the edges of-the slot when themembers are rotated about said boss as an axis, and with said matingsurfaces in superposed parallel'planes to bring said member ends atopposite ends of the clasp, the string attaching means of each memberbeing concealed by the other member when said members are in the lastmentioned position.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,February, 1925.

CHARLES H. TATE. EDMUND R. NEBELING.

